Adjustable gabment-form



MICHAEL SELUBSKY, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT-FORIVL To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, MICHAEL SELUBSKY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Adjustable Garment-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to dress forms, and more particularly to that type wherein the form provides for a range of adjustment in either vertical or horizontal directions.

lt has for an object to provide an adjustable form in which the sections may be adjusted independently of each other, and for a telescoping skirt form, in which the bust or body form may be slid to reduce it to compact form.

Another object of this invention is to provide for variable movements of the section supporting rods.

Further objects will be apparent from the following specification, appended claims, and drawings, in which,

Figure 1 shows an elevation of the form with the sections spaced apart, and with parts broken away for thesake of clearness, Fig. 2 shows a sectional view, showing the rear face of the front bust sections, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view as on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the mounting for the section supporting'rods, Fig. 5 is an elevation of the form reduced to compact form, and, Fig. G is a fragmentary perspective view of one form of vertical fastening means for the sections of the garment form.

Referring to the drawing in which similar reference numerals indicate similar parts throughout the several views, there is shown a sectional stand comprising the base 10, middle section 11, and upper section 12, of which, the sleeve section 12 telescopes over the section 11, and these sections may be held in fixed relation by the clamp 13 and screw 14. The section 12 has a reduced upper end which supports a sleeve 15 which has its exterior threaded with right and left hand threads, and this sleeve carries nuts 16, to which links 17 are pivotally secured. These links are pivotally secured to each other, and to neck sections 18 of the form. rlhe sleeve 15 may be rotated by the thumb nut 19. It is apparent from the drawing, that rotation of the sleeve 15 in one direcspecincation of Letters Patent. )Pat-@Html tug- 15, 19Min Application ined June 2c, 1914.

Serial No. 847,378.

tion causes the nuts 16 to move either toward or from each other as the case may be, and by such action, the neck sections 1S are correspondingly moved. To these neck sections, bust sections 20 are movably secured as by links 21, and from the bust sections, hip sections 22 depend. rlhe hip sections are movably secured to the bust sections as by links 23, and to assist in keeping the sections 1n alinement, guides 24 and 25 are secured to the sections 1S, 2O and 22. rlfhe sleeve section 12 supports a spider 26, which has adjustable connection with said stand, and this spider has the ends of its arms bifurcated as at 27, to receive swivel heads 28, through which rods which are secured to the hip sections pass. rllhe rods 29 may be fastened in the heads 28 by manipulation of the thumb screws 30 which also serve as the swivels for said heads. lThe rods 29 have handles 31 secured to the lower ends thereof, by which these rods may be manipulated. After the several sections have been adjusted to the desired degree, they may be locked to that position by latches 32, which have one end thereof pivoted to 'one section, and which are slotted with irregular faced recesses as at 33, in whichpins 34 carried by other sections are adapted to engage.

, The skirt section comprises the sections 35 which may be made of thin strips of metal forming vertical and horizontal cross ing stays, which are riveted at the points of intersection. rlhese sections are movably secured to each other, and they may be provided with the latches described above to maintain the spaced positions. The vertical stays at the ends of each section are of increased width, as compared with the other stays, and these particular stays are slotted as at 3G, to receive the bolts 37 carried by the hip sections of the form. This construction permits the skirt sections being slid upwardly over the body sections, after the bolts 37 have been loosened as by the thumb screws 38. The stand may also be telescopedby releasing the screw 14, and then sliding the lower section up into the upper section.

When the form is made of more sections than the number shown, or when it is desired that the upper ends of any row of sections should be locked in spaced relation, this may be accomplished by having a bar 38 which has its upper face recessed as shown, and to have this recessed face engage mo vement.

a pin carried by one of the sections so that one or another of the recesses will straddle the pin. This bar may be attached to a vertically movable bar 39 which slides in guides 40, and which is normally held up as by aV spring 4l. The lower end of the bar 39 depends so that it may be gripped by the hand of a person for manipulation.-

f bracket 43 is intended to be secured to the Y other section. A rod 44 passes through both of these brackets, and vit may be held against longitudinal movement throng-hone of them jas by a collar shown; insdotted lines in Fig.

lofthe drawings, but it is' slidable through Vtheother of' these brackets by turning this rod a'quarter Vtwist, in either direction, When 'the Wings 45V formed thereon, may pass through the slots 46 in the bracket 42. It is Vapparent that by thisv device, many adjustments may be had, and by it, the bust and hip sections maybe securely held against It is thought `that the foregoing clearly describesthe several parts, and this invention is .not restricted to the identical forms shown, as theidrawings are submitted for illustrative purposes only. I

VHaving thus described my invention, I claimz.

1. In .aV garment -orm of the class described, a plurality `of sections arranged in horizontal and. vertical rows, said sections being adjustablylocked in spaced relation, a telescoping standard for said sections, a

'i spider carried by said standard, bars pivot- Y'ally connected to some of said sections, said bars being adjustably carried by said spider, locking bars connecting the sections of each vertical roiv, said locking bars having wings formed thereon, said bars being rotatably carried by some of said sections, slotted brackets carried by others of said sections, said slotted brackets receiving said winged locking bars, a plurality of skirt sections having adjustably locked connections with the adjacent ones, and said skirt sections being telescopic over the others of said gar ment sections. Y y

2. In -a garment form of the class described, comprising a plurality oi sections, a4 locking member for connecting pairs oi said sections, Winged bars rotatably carried by some of said sections, and slotted brackets carried by others of said sections, said Winged bars having adjustable engagement With said slotted brackets.

3. In a garment form of the class described comprising a plurality of sections, a standard for said sections, bars pivotally carried by some of said sections, a spider carried by said standard having adjustable connection With said bars, winged bars rotatably carried by some of said sections, slotted brackets carried by others of said sections in vertical rows With respect to the sections supporting said Winged bars, and said sections having vertical adjustment with said spider and each other by said bars, andsaid Winged bars. j

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York.

MICHAEL SELUBSKY.

Iitnesses H. BLUM, A. STEIN,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

i Washington, D. C. 

